From Stories to Real Korean: 아주 특별한 면접 1
Level 1 Series 1
Just read 아주 특별한 면접 1?
Now see how expressions from the story show up in real Korean.
Expression 1
▶ In the story
회사 시험이 너무 어려웠어요.
▶Korean history lecture · Youtube
A teacher explains a difficult Korean history exam.
58회, 59회 시험이 너무 어려웠어요. 너무 어려웠는데 60회에서는 무난하게 공부를 했으면 풀 수 있는 그런 문제들로 나와서 만점자가 그냥 속출했었지요.
The 58th and 59th exams were really difficult. They were very difficult, but the 60th exam had questions that were fairly manageable if you had studied properly, so there ended up being a lot of people who got perfect scores.
Expression 2
▶ In the story
그렇지만 저는 합격했어요.
▶Social Experiment · YouTube
A woman tells strangers that she got a job and captures their reactions.
어떡해, 저 합격했어요!
Oh my gosh, I got the job!
Expression 3
▶ In the story
꼭 들어가고 싶은 회사가 있어요.
이번에 그 회사에서 면접을 봐요.
▶Community Post · JobKorea
A job seeker asks for advice while waiting to hear back from the company they really want to join.
제가 이번에 가고 싶은 곳 회사에 운 좋게 면접까지 봤습니다.
**💡가고 싶은 회사 would sound more natural here.
I was lucky enough to even get an interview at a company I really want to join.